"Life as a Frog."
The teacher's calm voice guides him to lie down
in peace at night among the croaking
frogs of his own backwater.
He is ready to join in the chorus but for the voice
he hears and toning, the dry lesson for the day
with its logic and form.
Frogs are everywhere, staring out
of the mouths of his classmates, out of the teacher's mouth.
His study book lies open before him.
Inevitably, a bell clangs an end to logic and form
and he steps his way out carefully
among the croaking hordes, not to crush a bulging eye.